Do fast twist 243's make the 6mm Creedmoor pointless?

[SaffaUK]

In the UK a fast twist 243 makes far more sense for me than a 6 Creed as much as I like the Creed. It’s probably the most common hunting calibre here so ammo and brass is available everywhere. 6 Creed is not even close.

And with some places requiring copper bullets and some requiring factory ammo and some requiring both , being able to buy off the shelf is a win.

 

[BLJ]

being able to buy off the shelf is a win.

This is the one I look at a lot.

DeLeon shows 21 SKU’s of 6 Creed in stock and the cheapest is $25/20 (on sale).

They show 77 SKU’s of 243 Win in stock and the cheapest is $15/20.

I know that the cheapest 6 Creed (Hornady Black) is probably going to be more accurate than the cheapest 243 (S&B), but for practice rounds, that’s a significant difference.

And this is not a knock against the 6 Creed, just an observation.

 

[nm.otter]

That article is from a long time ago, when there was likely only a couple different mags available.

It’s 2025. There’s a mag for everything

There's also 6mm GT.

 

[TaperPin]

That article is from a long time ago, when there was likely only a couple different mags available.

It’s 2025. There’s a mag for everything from multiple companies. Feeding issues are only the fault of the person putting stuff together and not testing. I’m 1500 rounds into a dasher this year with zero failures to feed; one of the historically fussiest cartridges.


Creedmoor isn’t going anywhere and due to saami 243 will largely remain what is has been for a long time. Given the choice I would not buy a 243 even though I reload and could theoretically make the 8 twist work to my favor.

As hunting cartridges the Creedmoors are having their 15 minutes of fame, and that’s fine since people should shoot what they want.

Just looking at the number of creedmoor shooters that are loading pressures on the bleeding edge, goes to show there is a lot of demand for more velocity. Since shooting a 6mm-06 I get a lot of questions about velocity from guys who are thinking 6 creed, and they love how easy the ‘06 is to shoot. I usually suggest it’s just a harder way to get 25-06 performance. Hornady or someone else will probably do to the ‘06 cases what Hornady did to the Creedmoors and proclaim them to be the best hunting cartridges of the 2030’s.

To 500 yards fast twist barrels and heavy for caliber bullets don’t buy much, but trends are what they are, nothing wrong with that.

 

[TaperPin]

There's also 6mm GT.

Gardner is in the business to make money. With everyone buying a different 6mm every 6 months I don’t blame him for jumping in to make a buck. The earlier article shows what he thinks is required, now he wants you to buy his cartridge. The vast number of mediocre 6mms is hilarious, as if tiny differences amount to much of anything other than in competition use where a microscopic improvement will help win matches.